Name: Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise livestock auction prices — 2021-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 123, Bulls 17)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.99/cwt on 168 head.

Average price

$143.99

168 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$23.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	145.15	884	112
Medium and Large 2	530	143.30	760	44
Medium and Large 1-2	695	143.00	994	8thin
Medium and Large 3	531	121.25	643	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.90/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale168 hd

143.99

—

VA average11 barns · 1,987 hd

143.81

+0.18

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

43 lots · USDA AMS · Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Culpeper, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	133.75/cwt	133.00–134.00	618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	700	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	596	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	660	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	640	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	723	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,030	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	632	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	431	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	612	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	883	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	129.18/cwt	125.00–130.00	718	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	802	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	683	143.39/cwt	143.00–144.00	979	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	878	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	124.68/cwt	124.00–127.00	787	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	577	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	877	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	150.80/cwt	148.00–151.00	867	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	693	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	697	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	810	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	695	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	402	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	132.31/cwt	129.00–133.00	482	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	613	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	799	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	608	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	125.50/cwt	122.00–129.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	817	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	215	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	155	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	188	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Culpeper Ag Enterprise Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Culpeper, VA

Fri Jul 16, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 123, Bulls 17)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	125.00	125.00
4	—	462	133.00–134.00	133.75
5	—	626	123.00	123.00
1	—	740	107.00	107.00
1	—	215	135.00	135.00
1	—	155	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	129.00	129.00
1	—	640	131.00	131.00
5	—	431	142.00	142.00
15	—	575	148.00–151.00	150.80
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	133.00	133.00
22	—	556	125.00–130.00	129.18
10	—	631	124.00–127.00	124.68
13	—	465	130.00	130.00
1	—	730	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	623	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	651	122.00	122.00
6	—	364	129.00–133.00	132.31
5	—	548	130.00	130.00
17	—	454	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	402	125.00	125.00
2	—	790	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	159.00	159.00
2	—	758	130.00	130.00
10	—	652	135.50	135.50
18	—	462	150.00	150.00
25	—	551	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	723	142.50	142.50
5	—	802	135.00	135.00
13	—	683	143.00–144.00	143.39
11	—	577	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	474	147.00	147.00
6	—	648	131.00	131.00
13	—	563	142.00	142.00
3	—	817	130.00	130.00
7	—	367	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	695	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	117.00	117.00
2	—	448	122.00–129.00	125.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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